History VideoGame / AlexKidd

* AscendedFanFic: In a way: The ''Miracle World DX'' remake [[https://www.indieretronews.com/2018/06/alex-kidd-in-miracle-world-remake-is.html started as a fan project]] which was later pitched to Sega.

* ShoutOut: Alex Kidd's brother Igul is the hero of Pit Pot, a slightly earlier Sega game for Master System.
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in ''Miracle World DX'', [[spoiler:where a new level ''Janken's Fortress'' has enemies looking very much like Parplin, Chokkina and Gooseka.]]

* AdaptationExpansion: ''Miracle World DX'' adds [=NPCs=], slightly rewrites the story, gives Janken's henchmen distinct personalities (as well as puts their names [[AllThereInTheManual from the manual]] on screen for the first time) , changes all boss battles, and even includes several new levels.

* ContemptibleCover: The NA release's box art for ''Enchanted Castle'' turns Alex from a cute kid with vaguely simian features into an incredibly gawky-looking dork. To a lesser extent this applies to the western covers for ''The Lost Stars'' and ''High-Tech World'', in which Alex also looks a little on the dorky side, but at least broadly resembles his in-game sprites.

After 30 years of nothing but cameos and occasional crossover appearances, It was revealed in 2020 that Alex Kidd would be getting a new game during IGN's Summer of Gaming event, in the form of a remake of the first game known as ''Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX'', by the same studio that brought us ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage 4''.

* GoshDangItToHeck: "Darn it, I lose."

* SkippableBoss: In the original version of ''Miracle World'', ''[[BigBad Janken]]'' can be skipped if you have the magic staff. Usually, you must defeat Janken before the ladder to the final room will drop down. Activating the magic staff allows you to float in the air for a short amount of time. If you activate it just before reaching Janken, you can float up to the ladder without ever having to face him.

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[[caption-width-right:240:[[RockPaperScissors Jan-Ken-Pon]]!]]

* AbandonedMascot: Alex himself replaced ''VideoGame/FantasyZone'''s Opa-Opa. Alex himself was later replaced with Sonic come ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1''.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Alex Kidd is always seen eating a riceball in the in-between segments in ''Miracle World''. It was changed to a hamburger in the built-in versions in certain Master System consoles. The ''DX'' remake lets the player choose Alex's food of choice in the Options menu.

** In the ''DX'' remake, Alex encounters several petrified [=NPCs=] that are somehow still able to speak. On the other hand, everyone who turned to stone in the original never does so in the remake.

* TakenForGranite: In the original version of ''Miracle World'', losing a best of three game of RockPaperScissors results in Alex being turned to stone and losing a life.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Alex Kidd is always seen eating a riceball in the in-between segments in ''Miracle World''. It was changed to a hamburger in the built-in versions in certain Master System consoles.

* UnexpectedShmupLevel: In ''Miracle World DX'',[[spoiler: the PlayableEpilogue is extended even more with a shmup level called "Homecoming", where Alex flies home in a smll plane and shoots everything that moves. Thankfully, it's not too hard.]]

* ExcusePlot: Downplayed by ''Miracle World'', which does have a fairly generic plot of having to stop a bad guy and save the world, but also has characters dispensing various bits of backstory and world-building at points, giving it much more of a plot than most platformers of this era. Played straight by the other games in the series, especially in ''High-Tech World'', where the goal of the game is literally to just go to an arcade and play games.

* NoOntologicalInertia: Averted in ''Miracle World''. Killing Janken the Great doesn't really do anything to stop his forces or reverse his evil magic spells in of itself, and Alex has to obtain the Golden Crown in order to fully restore Radaxian to how it once was.

* BossRush: In the penultimate level of ''Shinobi World'' you have to re-fight two of the three bosses you faced in the previous levels.

* ExcusePlot: Actually downplayed somewhat by ''Miracle World'', which does have a fairly generic plot of having to stop a bad guy and save the world, but also has characters dispensing various bits of backstory and world-building at points, giving it much more of a plot than most platformers of this era. Played straight by the other games in the series, and turned UpToEleven by ''High-Tech World'', where the goal of the game is literally to just go to an arcade and play games.

After 30 years of nothing but cameos and occassional crossover appearences, It was revealed in 2020 that Alex Kidd would be getting a new game during IGN's Summer of Gaming event, in the form of a remake of the first game known as ''Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX'', by the same studio that brought us ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage 4''.

* ''Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX'' - Steam, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne (2021)

* GuideDangIt: ''Alex Kidd: High-Tech World'' has a section to where Alex needs to bypass a guard in village to continue his quest. All the apparent solutions turn out to be {{Red Herring}}s, the actual solutions involve [[TrialAndErrorGameplay talking to the right people at the right in-game time]], or praying ''[[Mystical108 108]]'' times in front of a shrine. Doing anything else will result in either running out of in-game time or getting arrested. Given that the game was originally based on an anime, it's somewhat plausible that a Japanese player could figure it out, but it is extremely unlikely that a Western player could intuit either solution thanks to the change in setting that strips all context that could hint toward this.

* GuideDangIt: ''Alex Kidd: High-Tech World'' has a section to where Alex needs to bypass a guard in village to continue his quest. All the apparent solutions turn out to be {{Red Herring}}s, the actual solutions involve [[TrialAndErrorGameplay talking to the right people at the right in-game time]], or praying ''[[OneHundredAndEight 108]]'' times in front of a shrine. Doing anything else will result in either running out of in-game time or getting arrested. Given that the game was originally based on an anime, it's somewhat plausible that a Japanese player could figure it out, but it is extremely unlikely that a Western player could intuit either solution thanks to the change in setting that strips all context that could hint toward this.

After 30 years of nothing but cameos and occassional crossover appearences, It was revealed in 2020 that Alex Kidd would getting a new game during IGN's Summer of Gaming event, in the form of a remake of the first game known as ''Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX'', by the same studio that brought us ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage 4''.

After 30 years of nothing but cameos and occassional crossover appearences, It was revealed in 2020 that Alex Kidd would getting a new game during IGN's Summer of Gaming event, in the form of a remake of the first game known as ''Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX''.